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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Physics and Astronomy


Physics BS Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
CHEM 103 - General Chemistry (4cr.)  or CHEM 107 - General Chemistry For Life Sciences I (4cr.)      CISC 106 - General Computer Science for Engineers (3cr.)  
MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A (4cr.)   ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (3cr.)  
PHYS 169 - Perspectives on Physics and Astronomy (1cr.)   MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B (4cr.)  
PHYS 207 - Fundamentals of Physics I (4cr.)   PHYS 208 - Fundamentals of Physics II (4cr.)  
First Year Experience PHYS 311 - Aspects of Modern Physics (3cr.)  
Breadth Requirement (1/6)  
Credits: 17 Credits: 17
Second Year
MATH 243 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus C (4cr.)   MATH 302 - Ordinary Differential Equations (3cr.)  or  MATH 342 - Differential Equations with Linear Algebra II (3cr.) 
MATH 349 - Elementary Linear Algebra (3cr.)   or  MATH 351 - Engineering Mathematics I (3cr.)  PHYS 309 - Physics of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (3cr.)  
PHYS 211 - Oscillations and Waves (3cr.)   PHYS 313 - Physical Optics (4cr.)  
PHYS 310 - Introduction to Thermal Physics (3cr.)   Foreign Language or Computer Science Requirement (CISC 210  recommended) (1/3)
Breadth Requirement (2/6) Breadth Requirement (3/6)
Credits: 16 Credits: 16
Third Year
PHYS 424 - Quantum Mechanics I (3cr.)   PHYS 419 - Classical Mechanics I (3cr.)  
Foreign Language or Computer Science Requirement  (CISC 220  recommended) (2/3) PHYS 603 - Electricity and Magnetism I (3cr.)
Breadth Requirement (4/6) (Multicultural) Breadth Requirement (6/6)
Breadth Requirement (5/6) Free Elective (2/6)
Free Elective (1/6) Free Elective (3/6)
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
PHYS 400-level Elective (1/4) PHYS 400-level Elective (3 /4)(PHYS 460 - Computational Methods of Physics (3cr.)  recommended fulfills Second Writing Requirement)
PHYS 400-level Elective (2/4) (PHYS 468 - Introduction to Research (1 to 6cr.)  recommended fulfills DLE/Capstone) PHYS 400-level Elective (4/4)
Foreign Language or Computer Science Requirement (3/3) Free Elective (5/6)
Free Elective (4/6) Free Elective (6/6)
   
Credits: 14 Credits: 14
Total Credits: 124
 
     * Minimum C- required in all 200-level PHYS courses.
 

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.